Leaders in Minnesota’s Somali community back Trump

CV NEWS FEED // A coalition of leaders of the sizable Somali-American community in Minnesota rallied in support of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at the State Capitol on Saturday.

“We are gathered today with community leaders, business leaders, and youth leaders from the Somali community and from the Muslim community in Minnesota … to fully support and endorse President Trump and JD Vance,” said one of the speakers at the rally, which was documented on video by Alpha News.

He indicated that “some of the key issues of the community are the global wars – and we’re for peace – economic issues, family values, and education.”

Multiple imams also spoke during the rally in support of Trump, stressing his support among both Somali Americans and Muslim Americans as a whole. One imam specifically praised Trump’s policy plan “to make America great and safe.”

Also at the event, Minnesota Somali-American Republican activist Mohamed Ahmed delivered a stunning rebuke of the American left that has since gone viral on social media.

“I love Trump,” Ahmed stressed. “And the reason why is because he’s a fighter. That’s it. We like fighters.”

“More importantly, the left left us,” he pointed out. “They left us. Thirty-three percent of our kids in third grade cannot read at grade level.”

He referred to the fact that Minnesota recently fell to the 19th-ranked state for education in the country, after previously being in the top ten.

“We talk about economic conditions here,” Ahmed continued. “Our condition is horrible. We can’t afford anything, as working-class and middle-class people.”

“We love our brothers and sisters who are Democrats but you left us,” he added. “And because the left left us, join the right. Vote for Trump.” He also urged the audience to vote for Republicans running in Congressional races.

Ahmed is the founder and outreach director of Republican People of Color, a political action committee (PAC).

Author Walter Kirn took to X (formerly Twitter) to comment on the viral clip of Ahmed blasting Democrats. It “affirmed” Kirn’s “thesis this election,” he wrote.

“Immigrants w/ a toe-hold in America & the urban working poor looking for a leg up have lost faith in the Ds,” Kirn explained. “Their desire for self-betterment has been left unaddressed, while crime, lousy schools, & other malignancies hurt them most.”

“A never ending civil rights push from the Dems doesn’t help people move up in life, or secure their ability to do so themselves,” he continued:

They don’t mainly seek advancement in the parallel economy of non-profit orgs and gov’t work. They want to start businesses & own rental units etc

And “wokeness” is not for immigrants from traditional societies or the working poor generally. It’s an ideological luxury good they can’t afford to indulge in if they want to. And most really, really don’t want to.

Business owner and former state legislative candidate Salman Fiqy hosted the rally and introduced speakers while wearing a hat bearing the words “Trump Force Captain.”

Back in August, Fiqy, a former Democrat, told Alpha News that Somalis backing Trump “is a long conclusion that we arrived to,” adding “the reason why we supported … soon to be President Donald Trump is due to … education issues, economic issues, safety, and many other issues.”

“Also coming from a Muslim faith, we tend to be very conservative people and some of the issues we cannot really turn a blind eye to, we cannot ignore some of the issues,” Fiqy added.

An estimated 87,000 people of Somali descent live in Minnesota. The state’s current governor is Kamala Harris’ running mate, Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz.

While not considered one of the seven battleground states, many analysts believe that Trump has an outside shot of winning the Democratic-leaning Minneota and its 10 electoral votes.

As of Saturday night, leading prediction website Polymarket gave Trump a 9% chance of carrying Minnesota – which has not voted for a Republican presidential nominee since 1972, the longest such streak of any state.

Credit ALPHA MEDIA